Wrap-holder for theater and other seats.



W. G. ROEPE & F. J..CASS|NG'.

WRAP HOLDER FOR THEATER AND OTHER SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1916.

1,209,035. Patented Dec.19,1916.

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WALTER G. ROEPE AND FREDERICK J'. CASSING, CONCORDIA, MISSOURI.

WRAP-HOLDER FOR THEATER AND OTHER SEATS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 19, 1916.

Application filed February 14, 1916. Serial No. 78 ,253.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VALTER G. Bonn: and FREDERICK J. CASSING, citizens of the United States, residing at Concordia, in the county of Lafayette and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rap-Holders for Theater and other Seats,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is designed for the purpose of supporting wrapsin conjunction with seat-backs, and the general object of the invention is the provision of a very simple holder adapted to be mounted upon the back of a seat, which will take up but very little space, and which is so constructed that it will support a wrap in conjunction with the seat-back and hold the wrap flat against the seat-back.

A further object of the invention is to provide a. device of this character which is very simply made, easily applied and easily operated. which may be readily opened out 7 to permit the disposition of a wrap or other article upon the holder, and which may be then folded in and engaged with the seatback, means being particularly provided-for taking the strain off the hinges which support the holder upon the seat back.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

- Figure 1 is a rear elevation of our holder applied to the backs of theater seats: Fig. 2

is a perspective view of one of the holders detached.

Referring to these drawings, A designates a series of seats such as theater seats, though the invention may be equally well applied to the backs of pews, the seat-back of an au-' tomobile, or in various other situations. The seat-back A is connected to the standards B by lugs C and bolts D. These are found in and the horizontal parallel arms 13. Each of these arms 13 at its inner end is formed with an eye 14 for engagement with the eyes 11. Any other means for pivotally supporting the arms 13 upon the supporting member may be provided, however. The middle of the vertical portion 12 of the supporting frame is bent to provide an outwardly projecting open up or loop 15. Mounted upon the opposite side of the seat back in parallelrelation to the member 10 is the vertical rod 16 which is also illustrated as'connected to the lugs C by the bolts vD. The middle of this rod is bent to form an upwardly extending hook-shaped keeper 17 which is adapted to be engaged by the open loop when the swinging support is swung into parallel relation to the seat back.

In theaters, churches, and other places of assemblage, it is often difficult to know what disposition to make of a coat or Wrap. Provision is made for supporting hats beneath the seat, but there is no provision, as far as we know, for supporting a coat or other wrap. In the practical use of our device the holder is released from its engagement with the keeper 17 and swung outward. The

overcoat or other wrap is then hung over the upper bar 13 or arm with the lower portion of the overcoat or wrap disposed behind the lower arm or bar 13, in the manner indicated in Fig. 1. The supporting frame is then swung to a closed position where its loop 15 will engage with the hook 17. This will cause the overcoat or wrap to be flattened against the back of the seat in front of the owner of the overcoat and thus the overcoat or wrap will occupy but very little space and will occupy indeed, spacewhich is ordinarily wasted or not used. The hook or keeper 17 acts to support the free end of the holder and thus relieves the strain on the hinges formed by the eyes 11 and 14. The eyes 11 and 14 are used so as to permit a slight vertical movement of the holder so that when it is engaged with the hook the weight of the wrap will depress the holder into engagement with the hook and thus assist in supporting the holder.

While we have illustrated the holder as an approximately rectangular frame, unsupported by braces, it is obvious that-braces may be used thus preventing the frame from 0 becoming distorted under the weight of the garment; It will also be obvious that Where the holder is intended to be applied to other seats than theater seats, as for instance, the backs of pews, other means than the lugs C and bolts D will have to be provided for supporting the vertical members 10 and 16..

It will further be plain that the function of the upper arm 13 is to take the full weight of the wrap, while that of the lower arm 13 is to force the lower portion of the wrap inward against the seat-back. Inasmuch as these backs are ordinarily inclined downward and forward, it is obvious that the overcoat or wrap would otherwise hang vertically, thus taking up room. The bar 13, however, holds the coat or wrap in parallel relation to the back of the seat.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. The combination with a seat-back, ofa wrap holder comprising a rectangular frame hinged at one side to the seat-back for movement in a horizontal plane, the frame comprising an upper bar, a lower bar, and a vertical member at the free edge of the frame, the vertical member being formed with a loop and a supporting member mounted upon the seat-back and engageable with said loop when the frame has been turned into parallel relation with the seatback.

2. The combination with a seat-back, of a vertical member attached to the seat back, a wrap supporting frame comprising a vertical member having horizontal arms, the horizontal arms being hingedly connected to the first-named vertically disposed member, the vertical member of the frame being formed with a loop, a vertical member attached to said seat back and having a hookshaped keeper formed in its middle adapted to be engaged by said loop when the frame is turned into a parallel position to the seatback.

3. The combination with a seat-back, of a vertically disposed member mounted thereon and having eyes at its upper and lower ends, a frame having upper and lower horizontal arms formed with eyes rotatably engaging the first-named eyes, the arms being connected by a vertical rod, the rod intermediate its ends being formed with an outwardly projecting loop, and a vertical member rigidly attached to the seat-back and having a hook-shaped keeper intermediate its ends with which said loop is adapted to engage when the holder is turned into approximately parallel relation to the seat back.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

VALTER G. ROEPE.

FRED. J. CASSING.

Witnesses Josnrn DIERKING,

A. F. BARTMAN. 

